“My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach.”

“Throughout my life, my mom has been the person that I've always looked up to.”

“I always won in my imagination. I always hit the game-winning shot, or I hit the free throw. Or if I missed, there was a lane violation, and I was given another one.”

“Imagination has a great deal to do with winning.”

“To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.”

“I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts.”

“Leadership is an ever-evolving position.”

“Playing sport was somewhat frivolous, but I liked it. I rebelled a little bit, and wouldn't go to music lessons and things like that, but I would go and play ball. My parents learned to love it because they saw how much I got out of it.”

“My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach.”

“The thing I loved the most - and still love the most about teaching - is that you can connect with an individual or a group, and see that individual or group exceed their limits.”

“I think some parents now look at a youngster failing as the final thing. It's a process, and failure is part of the process. I would like it if the teacher and the parents would connect more. I think that used to be, but we're losing a little bit of that right now.”